US rep to OSCE in consultations with Poland over Russia-Ukraine crisis

Bix Aliu, the US embassy's charge d'affaires, has said he is pleased with consultations between the US ambassador to the OSCE, Michael Carpenter, and the Polish government as tensions rise at Ukraine's border with Russia. Poland took over the one-year chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on January 1.